Katie Gilson, agricultural instructor at the Applied Technology Education Campus (ATEC), recently earned the Outstanding Young Member Award from the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) for both South Carolina and the Southeast region. As a result, she will be recognized with five other regional winners at the NAAE’s national conference in New Orleans in November. The award is sponsored by John Deere as a special project of the National FFA Foundation for agriculture educators who have taught between three and five years.